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Brides are willing, but cake trick falls a bit flat
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Q100 billed Tuesday morning’s frosting-laced free-for-all in the Lenox Square food court as the Big Cake Dive. Big?
Not so much.
The teetering, multi-tiered pastry— which the 10 gowned brides-to-be were supposed to toss themselves into to collect bridal party prizes — wasn’t exactly baked with diving in mind. Unless you later wanted to window-shop for a neck brace, that is.
Still, in the name of journalism, Buzz waded into the icing as the Q100 listeners thrust their faces into the goo (no hands were allowed) that promptly landed on the floor. As the contestants gnawed through the baked goods, looking for the 10 gold coins hidden inside, their rented wedding gowns quickly accumulated smears of frosting and chocolate cake.
So did bride Dee Dee Hill, 38, of Marietta lose anything while crawling on all fours pushing her face through the crumbs? A contact, an earring or perhaps her dignity?
“Well, that’s definitely gone!” she conceded afterward, laughing. “I’m just hoping my family doesn’t see this!”
That might be unlikely.
Ajc.com was filming the proceedings for a video package displayed on our home page today.
Sharon Johnson, 33, of Cedartown even brought her fiancé, Keith Weathington, 31, along.
And he brought his video camera.
“Everybody is going to want a copy of this!” he told Buzz. “We have a little girl who’s 8. I may go get her out of school early so she can see this.”
Gary Coltek, owner of PerfectWedding
Cake.com, defended his company’s creation (and inadvertently re-enacted an entire scene from “This Is Spinal Tap”), telling us: “We went over the dimensions a hundred times with the radio station. We delivered exactly what was ordered.”
Originally, several local TV news stations were also set to shoot the cake dive, but a major house fire diverted their crews.
Glancing over at the petite pastry prior to its demise, Lenox Square rep Kitsy Rose sighed and said: “Normally, I’d be upset if TV got called away from an event. But not today.”
Crooning around the cake
With frosting and cake flying around him, singer-songwriter Josh Kelley quietly tuned his acoustic guitar Tuesday morning. The Augusta-raised musician, out touring in support of his second disc, “Almost Honest,” was on Q100 to promote Tuesday night’s gig at Vinyl in Midtown.
As the brides-to-be got their cake game faces on, Kelley reflected on a fateful 2001 gig at Eddie’s Attic in Decatur. “I got the call at the last minute,” Kelley recalled. “I was living in Oxford, Miss., at the time, and I immediately jumped in the car and drove six hours.” Kelley didn’t even have time to lock his car —or park legally, for that matter —before his set. Not only did he win first prize at the open mic gig, the evening’s on-the-fly live recording provided Kelley with a record-company-ready calling card. The live selections helped him snag his recording contract with Hollywood Records.
“It’s probably a good thing that I didn’t know the whole Eddie’s Attic back story before I played,” Kelley said of the esteemed acoustic music venue’s reputation. “Otherwise, the pressure would have been crazy. After my set, I moved my car. I couldn’t believe I didn’t even get a ticket.”
Next up for Kelley: a video shoot in New York for the single release of “Almost Honest.” His director? Fan and Oscar-nominated actor Joaquin Phoenix.
‘Madea’ makes early ATL debut
“Madea’s Family Reunion” director-writer-producer Tyler Perry held a mini cast reunion Monday night as actors from the locally filmed, upcoming comedy — and one two-time Oscar winner — walked the red carpet at the Atlantic Station Regal Cinema. The flick, set to open Feb. 24, stars Perry in the title role, Blair Underwood, Lynn Whitfield, Rochelle Aytes and Atlanta actress Lisa Arrindell Anderson, all of whom were in town Monday.
“It was the first real opportunity to be able to work at home on a film project,” Arrindell Anderson told us. “It was a fantastic opportunity, plus I got to sleep in my own bed every night and see my husband and children.”
Veteran actress Whitfield loved playing the vampy Victoria in the film. “I immediately tried to get a seduction scene added,” she said. “I mean, if she didn’t try and seduce her son-in-law, what’s the point?!”
Atlanta resident and Perry fan Jane Fonda was also on hand. “I really adore him,” she told Buzz. “That’s why I’m here. I love that he had a dream and gave everything he had to it and made it work.”
For video from Monday’s night’s red carpet interviews, go to ajc.com.
A moment to ‘Shine’
With a meager 24 hours until Star Jones Reynolds’ Atlanta book-signing, we barely had time to select an excerpt from her self-help book “Shine: A Physical, Emotional & Spiritual Journey to Finding Love.” But since we actually get paid to perform such tasks … (Page 275): “It’s not conceited and it’s not selfish to love yourself. Bask in the glory of who you are. Be friendly to you.”
Celebrity birthdays
Comedian Harvey Korman is 79. Actress Jane Seymour is 55. Matt Groening (“The Simpsons”) is 52. Singer Brandon Boyd of Incubus is 30.
Contributing: news services. If you have a tip, call 404-526-2749. Or fax 404-526-5509. Or e-mail: buzz@ajc.com.
If you have a tip, call 404-526-2749. Or fax 404-526-5509. Or e-mail: buzz@ajc.com.
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